For almost a decade, India has functioned as an offshore haven for various western companies staggering under heavy overheads. A large number of Indians have also gone to work as software developers in US and Europe.

Medical assistants schools are in much demand nowadays as the medical profession feels the shortage of trained and certified medical assistants for carrying out various important tasks at both the clinic and medical office.

Medical assistants are an important part of a clinic or a doctor’s office. Their primary role is to ensure that the office of doctors or the medical centers where they are employed runs without any glitches or hindrance.

Medical assistants have an important role to play in the smooth functioning of any health care facility. It is one of the fastest growing careers in the U.S and is projected to grow by a whopping 35% in the coming years.

The demand for medical assistants continue to grow in the US where doctors rely heavily on them to perform tasks such as establishing first contact with the patient, taking blood pressure or medical history and in some cases performing specialized task such as performing requisite tests such as ultra sound or electrocardiography.